Death Rising

CH6 of Fanfic Series

written by Gray Fox

A guard loomed out patroling the corner. He carried a Russian AKs-74u assault rifle that was slung over his shoulder. It was getting dark and it was getting very late. The sun could not be seen in the horizon but he couldn't think about that at a time like this. He started his way back to the checkpoint by the road when he noticed something moving. The guard turned around and readied his gun which was already off the saftey. His finger was just edging the trigger waiting for an excuse to shoot.

All the guard could see was dark, pitch dark. He wasn't sure if it was his head playing games on him or if something was really out there. He decided to move forward a bit to scope things out ahead. He didn't have anything else to do and he had been patrolling for what seemed like hours so had nothing to lose. He crept back up to his previous spot and then noticed it again. A suiloetted black figure just ran from one building to the next over to his right. Then all of a sudden the bush's rattled to his left where he thought he saw another figure. The guard reached for the radio to get some back up.

"I need some backup... Hello?"

The guard looked down the dirt road for other guards seeing something just disappear into thin air. He tried again.

"Is anyone there? I need some help here."

Still no response.

"FREEZE!" a gruff voice came from behind.

The guard instantly threw his hands up in the air and felt himself just disappear into his surroundings.

The VR Hold Up Mission was completed and the stats were shown to Snake. He's kept himself tactically in shape as usual scoring top three.

Snake removed the VR helmet from himself and whiped his eyes. VR tended to mess with his eyes after doing it for long periods of time.

Meryl was waiting on him to finish up his last mission before they left. They have been happily married for a week now and have yet to decide on where to go for a honeymoon. They now moved out of their apartment and moved into a nice cozy house past the Philanthropy warehouse three blocks. It was nice quiet neighborhood. They owned a sleek black SUV that was used for whenever it was needed.

Snake and Meryl left together and headed home. They both walked down the sidewalk side by side holding hands talking about the days events. Meryl had done weapon training and a mission simulation Otacon made himself, and Snake had done his hold up missions and elimination missions for the day.

They finally made it to their house which had nice landscaping and was neatly kept. They hadn't had much problems with money considering they got a bulk of it from Philanthropy. They had a two story house and of course had plenty of room. You first walked into the living room and then their were stairs and a door to the right which led into the dining room. The kitchen was found straight ahead and up the stairs were three bedrooms and two bathrooms.

They both of course made themselves at home and laid back for the rest of the day. Shopping has already been done and the house was clean as well.

Snake just propped himself lazily on the couch and flipped on the tune. Meryl came walking down the stairs and gave him a sharp look.

"Are you forgetting something?? Hmm dear?" She gestured Snake to come.

Snake rose up and went to give her a hug over by the stairs. Just as he was leaning forward she slung the door open and pointed outside.

"You forgot to mow the lawn.."

Snake grunted and started out the door when Meryl caught him. She leaned up to give him their daily kiss.

"Ok now you can mow the lawn." She grinned.

Snake half smiled back and finished off their little front yard which took him only five measily minutes. He went back in and found Meryl in his usual spot on the couch. He went over and pointed towards the kitchen.

"I already finished the kitchen this morning."

His arms fell to his sides and he slumped beside her.

"We need to figure out what we're gonna do for this honeymoon." Dave looked over snatching the remote out of her hands to flip the channel elseware.

"How about going too..." Her mind went blank. "how about... Hawaii? or down to Florida?"

Neither one had any idea on where to go. They just didn't click yet. They decided to put it aside for now and think about it. It was getting late anyway so they both readied for bed.

Both fell sound asleep together close and snugg. They would figure out something before too long.

Meryl and Snake left later than planned that morning. The alarm clock didn't go off and neither one had their stuff ready to go. She hopped in the driver's seat of their black Yukon and waited for Snake. He came out of the front door and then ran back in getting his bag. He hopped in and off they went.

They pulled into the shop's parking lot at about eleven. Both went in and rushed to the elevator. They moved up to the fifth floor. The elevator doors slowly opened up. The room was pitch black and some rustling could be heard. Snake went to flip on the light switches by the door.

"SUPRISE!"

Otacon, Mei Ling and the rest of the employees were cheering. Of course Snake had to go along and spoil it with his gruff stern attitude.

"Suprise for what?"

"Were sending you two on a honeymoon. We paid for it and what not so don't worry. You have been talking about going somewhere tropical for ages and the name Hawaii sprung up so many times soooooooooo... We set you two up for a honeymoon there."

Snake shook hands with Otacon and Meryl kissed Hal on the cheek. She had been suggesting that idea to Snake for forever but Dave of course was stubborn. They stayed and celebrated with everyone that day and would be leaving in several days to go out to Hawaii. Snake couldn't thank Otacon enough but hey.. That's what freinds are for right?

Several days later Snake and Meryl said their goodbye's to the crew and head out once again to Hawaii. Otacon had connections with Max down there and had him set everything up. They were to spend a week there together with free everything. Otacon waved them on their way out and they set off.

A week alone together both thought. No interuptions, No Vr Missions, No Stress for a week. Meryl was already plotting what they would do when they got there but there was just to much opportunity. Snake fell asleep holding Meryl's hand on the airplane. There was no way she could sleep anyway so she stayed awake and ended up watching a movie.

She shook Dave awake when they got there and off they went. Otacon had given them directions on where they would be staying which was a little private house that Max had set up extra for them..

They went inside and wandered around the house for a bit. It had the tropical setting to it with all the old tropical and tiki items everywhere. They set their stuff down in the master bedroom and in came Max.

"Nice to see you again. Maybe this time it will be a happier stay."

"Yeah.. So what's in store for us?"

"Well.. here's a nice checklist of all the things we have available. It's about two pages long as you can see but I'd rather you limit yourself to about twenty or less. I'll leave it with you and you can decide on what you want to do and my cell phone number is there at the bottom of the page. Have Fun!" Max waved himself out and moved about his buisness.

Meryl went to work instantly. There was so much that could be done and so little time like surfing, massage's, snorkling, dining at the finest restraunts.

They both started off on their check list discussing and arguing about everything that they wanted to do. It would be a fun week for the two of them together.

They were both happily married and lived in a nice house. I wonder how their honeymoon will turn out? Lol I hope you people are enjoying this.. Please Post